Date:  Thu, 14 Mar 1996 16:12:12 -0500

From:  Bob Haas <rahaas[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU>

Subject: Re: cobbed



Does this term allude to the pre-toilet-paper usage of corn cobs for

personal hygiene? If so, "cobbed" certainly has more flair than, say,

"getting really Sears catalogued." Hmm.



Bob



On Thu, 14 Mar 1996, David Robertson wrote:



>   And has anybody else heard the expression "cobbed", as for example

> when my 62 - year - old dad says "Boy, when we took my brother to the

> casino, we really got cobbed on that one!" It means 'royally screwed

> over', I think, but evidently isn't considered obscene...